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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Whether you are downloading videos from the Internet or if you get video files from other people, there is a high chance that you will come across MKV files with Windows Media Player. Today, we will help you to understand what they are and how you can use them on your computer with Windows Media Player.

What MKV is?

In reality, MKV files are actually multimedia container formats. This essentially means that it is a container that can incorporate audio, video, and subtitles into a single file even if they use a different type of encoding. For instance, you could have a MKV file using VP8 video with Vorbis audio, or more commonly, using H.264 for video and something like MP3 or AAC for audio. Why some MKV files incompatible with Windows Media Player?

Because it isn’t an industry standard, not all media players support it yet, still some MKV files unplayable in Windows Media Player, even though support is rapidly growing. There are three main options for playing MKV files. These include, downloading the appropriate codecs or using an MKV compatible media player or playing MKV files in Windows Media Player by converting.

Option 1. Install Windows Media Player codec package

You need to install the appropriate codec - Combined Community Codec Pack (short for CCCP) to play the Matroska (.MKV) file in Windows Media Player. This codec is not provided with Windows Media Player by default, hence why it won't play it. you can find cccp set up on this site free "http://www.cccp-project.net", it's allows to play all media files in windows media player.. Hope this helps.

Option 2. Try another media player

If you don't like installing codecs for Windows Media Player, or the codec doesn't work for some unknown reasons, you can try to use another media player like VLC media player. It is a small player that comes with a lot of codecs. And it can play most multimedia file formats like MKV, AVI, MP4, FLV, WMV, etc, as well as discs.

Option 3. Play MKV in Windows Media Player by conversion

But sometimes, VLC player also has no ability to open and play some of the MKV, in this case, you just need get video converter to convert the special MKV files to Windows Media Player native supported format.

Here we list the top 3 Video Converter from Pavtube Studio to do the conversion task. All of them can be easy convert MKV to a compatible video format like WMV for Windows Media Player. Besides MKV, it converts almost any other audio/video formats to a Windows Media Player supported format, as well as other Media Players, portable devices, video editing program, etc.

The key features of the Top MKV video converter for Windows Media Player are list in a table, find the features you need and go on with the simple step guide.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Handbrake is a famous, open-source, cross-platform video converter. However, it is not perfect in its functioning and it has some flaws that leave the user unsatisfied. Handbrake does not convert videos into a variety of output video formats. It can only convert videos into MP4 with MPEG-4 or H.264 encoded MKV.

Handbrake has many limitations on video conversion:

It only supports MPEG-4 files as input, and MPEG-4 or MKV files as output.

It can only let you add files one by one. You can't use it to batch convert videos.

File output quality is compromised. The original video quality can't be 100% preserved.

This is why Handbrake alternative video converter is needed.

If you have trouble in using Handbrake or want to find another brilliant Handbrake Alternative without any (input or output) format limitation, you can use below the Handbrake equivalent for Mac (El Capitan included). This article will offer you Top 5 Paid Handbrake Mac Alternatives as well as Top 5 Free Handbrake Mac Alternatives.

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting.

FFmpeg is an open source project that develops libraries and programs for handling multimedia data. FFmpeg is the home to libavcodec, a codec library used by a large spectrum of programs, and libavformat, a mux and demux library for containers. The project develops 4 command-line programs; ffmpeg, the central tool for transcoding multimedia files, as well as ffplay, a simple media player for previewing files, ffprobe, a profiling tool for scanning containers, and ffserver, a network streaming server.

Adapter is a free video converter for Mac & PC. It converts avi, saves flash .flv, crops video and more! It even works with audio and image files so you can convert wav to mp3 and transform jpg files! This tiny freeware program lets you quickly and easily change any file type to any other file type.

A super simple way to convert almost any video to MP4, WebM (vp8), Ogg Theora, or for Android, iPhone, and more. Miro Video Converter has presets that will convert video to the correct sizes and formats for popular phones, iPods, and other media players. Just convert your video and copy it to your device.conclusion：

After free download or purchase this top Handbrake Mac Alternatives no mater paid or free, you are able to import your video files to this Handbrake alternative in any format and output any format for watching, editing, sharing.Read More:

Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is precision engineered for quality in an incredibly small size. It brings you visually lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes 422 (HQ) recordings.

After recorded some 4K videos with Blackmagic Design URSA Camera, most users want to load the footages into Final Cut Pro X for editing, because FCP X is the most popular video editing program on Mac platform, with this editing program you can get the video effects you need. But, not all the video files are supported by Final Cut Pro X, from FCP X official product page you will learn that FCP X native supported video codec is Apple ProRes codec, so it means you can edit Blackmagic Design URSA Camera recorded Apple ProRes files with FCP X smoothly.

But, as we know the Blackmagic camera can also record CinemaDNG RAW 4K files, what’s more, handling 4K video in Final Cut Pro X/7/6 is extremely hardware intensive, these RAW files will not be supported by FCP X, you will need to convert Blackmagic URSA camera CinemaDNG RAW 4K files to Apple ProRes codec for editing.

To import and edit Blackmagic CinemaDNG RAW 4K files in FCP X, you will need to do some preparation before editing. The easy workaround I’ve worked out is to find a way to transcode Blackmagic CinemaDNG RAW 4K files to FCP X editable Prores codec. Such as ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes Proxy, ProRes 422 LT, ProRes 4444 video.>> Types of Apple ProRes Codecs

Hit the convert button under the preview windows, the program will start Blackmagic CinemaDNG RAW 4K files to Apple ProRes MOV conversion for Final Cut Pro X.

When the conversion is completed, run FCP X and import the ProRes codec footage for post production workflow.

Why choose ProRes 4444?

In summary, the Apple ProRes 4444 XQ and Apple ProRes 4444 codecs can be considered “visually lossless” for encoding the Y’CBCR or RGB pixel values intended for viewing, but “mathematically lossless” for encoding the alpha values that specify compositing. As a result, the degree of quality or fidelity is never a question for Apple ProRes 4444 alpha channels because the decoded data always matches the original perfectly.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

4K Ultra, already pretty clear the way of the future. As a matter of fact, numbers of new TVs, camcorders and other products sticking 4K are available on market and already-many and bound-to-be-more movies and videos shot in 4K are playing at movie theaters. The 4k technology allows the users to enjoy a very detailed screen of movies and videos which was not possible before. 4k being relatively new, there are not many devices that support 4k and rather limited options to play these videos in a 4k video player. Here we introduce top 5 4K video converters for you.

4K Converter is the first real and professional 4K video decoder/encoder software in the market. It is able to convert 4K video files encoded with HEVC/H.265, VP9, XAVC S, XAVC and H.264 codec to whatever format you need preserving original 4K quality or down-converting them to 1080p, 720p and SD.

With this top 4K Video Converter app, you can transcode 4K files to MP4, MKV, TS, AVI, FLV and WebM format at 3840×2160 or 4096×2304 resolution. It also has ability to convert 4K files to suitable format for editing in NLEs, viewing on media devices, or uploading onto YouTube, etc.

In addition to the most important decoding and encoding ability, the best 4K video converter utility also features simply-to-use editing functions to merge, crop, clip, add watermarks, and modify video effects like brightness, contrast, saturation, volume and more.

With this best 4K video converter, it becomes easy to transcode 4K video to native codec for editing, which will maintain best video and audio quality in the conversion process- you can get 4K lossless conversion. Besides, this 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is the best BD/DVD/Video solution to backup 4k BD/DVD, compress disc and transcode video clip to almost all popular video and audio formats. It is also be used as a Blu-ray/DVD ripping tool to compress your Blu-ray and DVD collection to H.265/HEVC, MP4, MKV, M4V, AVI and play on iPad, iPhone, Android phones, Windows phones, game consoles, HD media players, and more.

Many consumer TVs now on sale are offering Ultra High Definition support of 4K videos. While 4K movies and TV shows still remains relatively limited. Can 4K UHD TVs play ordinary SD or HD videos? The answer is yes. To help consumers experience the best digital entertainment content on 4K Ultra HD TVs, Pavtube Studio recently introduced Ultra HD TV Converter, which includes amazing features to convert video to 4K Ultra HD for paying on Samsung, Sony, LG, Toshiba, Hisense, Seiki 4K UHD TVs.

Whether you are wanting to watch stunning 4K videos on your huge widescreen computer monitor, or on your smartphone, having a piece of software that is capable of playing this increasingly popular and widely used format of ultra high definition video smoothly will make all the difference in how much you enjoy the experience. But it's not only 4K videos that you'll probably want to be playing - regular HD videos can also prove problematic for many video players. Issues like stuttering and codec incompatibility are still widespread, which is why finding a highly reliable, competent video player program is of such high importance.

Although 4K videos are being distributed more than ever before as this technology becomes more widely and cheaply available to amateur videographers, many video player programs still do not support it. Below you will find a list and description of five of the very best 4K video players that are currently out there. We hope this helps you to make the right choice for your 4K viewing needs!

VLC was recently updated to include support for 4K video playback in version 2.1. This player has support for a very large range of codecs, making it possible to play back virtually any type of video file (as well as audio).

VLC Player is available for free for Mac OS X and for Windows machines. The company has an optional donation panel on its website, encouraging people to donate a small amount if they are happy with the performance of the software.

DivX Player is promoted as a very high quality media player and is one of the most popular choices. Some of the unique features that are well worth mentioning with this software including the ability to quickly switch between subtitles in various languages. You can also easily flick through different soundtracks in order to hear features like the director's commentary, or the motion picture in another language when available.

They have focused on making the fast forward and rewind functions as smooth as possible in DivX Player, as this is where many players can show their weakness as they may lock up, stutter, or crash completely with large, ultra high definition video files; especially on slightly older computers.

Maybe you have downloaded some 4K video clips on your Mac and want to merge them into one single video file. Maybe you have recorded some 4K videos with your 4K camcorder and want to extract certain part. Or maybe your 4K video is too dark and needs to be brightened on your Mac. Although 4K resolution videos bring you excellent visual experience, sometimes you still need a video editor to make some changes to the video on your Mac.

With the popularity of 4K cameras/camcorders and the availability of large amount of online 4K UHD movies and TV shows, the capability to handle 4K video becomes an essential part for many professional 4K video editor such as Sony Vegas Pro 13, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13, Windows Movie Maker, etc. How about working 4K video on Windows?

There are dozens of cameras/camcorders and smartphones already out that record 4K video and the number of 4K video recording devices of this quality continue growing year by year. After recording excellent 4K video footage with vivid color and incredible detail, it would be more fun to share them with family members, friends or strangers on popular online video sharing sites like YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, etc.

Monday, April 11, 2016

“I had just bought a 3D playing device which supports to playback MKV 3D videos. Can you help me to find out the best 2D Video to 3D MKV converter so that I can enjoy all the media files with my 3Dglasses freely?”

With the upsurge of 3D movies in recent years, it brings a totally different experience. When watching 3D movie with a pair of 3D glasses, everything showed in the movie like real.

But now the 3D videos mostly appeared in the theater, so if you want to c, one of the simple way is go to cinema and pay for it. Is there any way allow us watch 3D movie without paying?

Pavtube Video Converter fully supports SBS 3D MKV and can create high quality SBS 3D MKV video. So that you don't need to scratch your head any more finding adequate SBS 3D MKV video for watching, just create them all by this powerful software.

Pavtube Video Converter enables users to convert any general video files to 3D modes. It supports five 3D modes - Anaglyph 3D, Side by Side (Half-Width) 3D, Side by Side (Full) 3D, Top and Bottom (Half-Height) 3D and Top and Bottom (Full) 3D, switch between them according to your own wish.

Note: Video Converter support any general video but lack of ability to recognize DVD or Blu-ray, if you have the DVD or Blu-ray collections and want to watch in 3D model, Pavtube BDMagic or Pavtube ByteCopy should be take into your consideration, it allows convert DVD or Blu-ray to 3D modes(video files are not supported).

If you want to get the BDMagic & Video Converter or ByteCopy & Video Converter, Windows users please contract us with Email: dvdwinsupport@pavtube.com, Mac users please contract us with Email: dvdmacsupport@pavtube.com, we will offer you up to 50% special discount.

Take 2D to 3D MKV conversion for example. As 2D files, 3D videos also have their file formats like MKV, MP4, WMV and AVI. Here goes the step by step guide of 2D to 3D MKV conversion.

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You can click "Add Video" button to load 2D files to the program. You can also directly drag the 2D video files into the program directly.

Step 2. Select 3D MKV as output.

For your 3D TV users, you can choose “MKV Side-by-Side 3D Video(*.mkv)” under “3D Video” category, since the reader of the TV handles SBS 3D MKV as supported format. You can also “MKV Anaglyph 3D Video (*.mkv)” or “MKV Top-Bottom 3D Video (*.mkv)” for outputing.

Step 3. Adjust the output files.

If you like, you could adjust video codec, bitrate, frame rate, etc to get better video quality in saved 3D MKV video. Meanwhile, you could choose 3D anaglyph and Depth in Profile Settings to avoid images misaligned.

Tips: When you have trouble getting aligned images in saved 3D SBS MKV video, adjust “Depth” in Profile Settings helps make the film images aligned perfectly.

When it finished, click the “Open” option to locate the created 3D SBS MKV video and then you can transfer your 2D MKV movies to 3D TV or other 3D devices for entertainment. Enjoy your own amazing digital life!